I'm Shedding Like A Cat!

My new-mama friends warned me that the extra hair that came with pregnancy would start to fall out a few months post-baby. But they didn't tell me that my life would be a veritable tornado of stray hairs!

Every time I run a hand through my hair, at least 10 strands fall out and scatter over every open surface in our home. There's hair on the floor, hair on the countertops, hair all over the baby's crib sheet—I've even found strands in his diapers! I'm not sure how I managed to have friends for dinner the other night without someone coughing up a hairball. But I'm going to go ahead and assume that the meal I served was hair-free until someone tells me otherwise.

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Meanwhile, people on the streets must think I've escaped from a padded room; I can't take five steps without flailing my arms wildly and swatting at the stray strands that are blowing in the breeze against my bare arms.

And the shower drain? Forget about it. Every time I wash my hair, I look down to find another hamster-size clump by my feet.

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